Bad censoring idea comes up in Israel
Israel Matzav (via Little Green Footballs) points to a law that's passed through some Knesset Committees that could be used to make webmasters legally responsible for any content on their sites, including comments:
Others on the subject include Judeopundit, Gates of Vienna, Shiloh Musings, ZTruth.
Web site owners or editors will be legally responsible for any content on their site, including comments made in talkbacks and message boards, a bill passed on Sunday by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation states.If you don't want something like this to happen, that's why I would stronlgy encourage anyone concerned to contact the Knesset's members to voice why it's bad and should not be approved. For the sake of free specch, this is something that cannot be ignored.
According to the bill, which was drafted by MK Israel Hasson (Israel Beiteinu) web sites could be absolved of liability if they agree to reveal the details of posters.
While the bill still needs to be approved in three readings in the Knesset plenum, receiving the support of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation gives it a much higher chance of passing into law.
Others on the subject include Judeopundit, Gates of Vienna, Shiloh Musings, ZTruth.
